Sinclair Seeks Retransmission Conditions on Comcast/TWC

Sinclair Broadcasting has told the Federal Communications Commission it must either put conditions on the Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger -- including retransmission conditions --deregulate broadcasters, or deny the deal.

Sinclair wants the FCC to ensure, for example, that Comcast’s NBC could not charge more in reverse compensation to Sinclair than it does its own stations. And given that TWC has a management deal with Bright House and "routinely negotiates" for it, Sinclair says the FCC needs to take that into account when determining whether the new company controls more than 30% of video subscribers.